Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 17 (ANI/PNN): Voltreum will soon be launching "Volt-X", a blockchain-based peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading application as well as a cryptocurrency token for seamless energy purchases and payments. The company's goal is to help solve one of the most critical problems affecting humankind - increasing energy demand and planet-damaging climate change.

Washington [US], April 26 (ANI): According to the researchers at the University of Exeter, Tackling the climate crisis can only be achieved by "placing people at the heart of climate action", say researchers.

Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): Agricultural and forestry sectors are some of the areas which can play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a recent study has suggested.

Columbus (Ohio) [US], April 12 (ANI): A new study has suggested that agricultural and forestry sectors are some of the areas which can play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

New York [US], April 5 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that time is running out for countries, corporations and others to adopt critical measures to reverse greenhouse gas emissions, but the crisis can be averted primarily by substituting renewable energy sources for fossil fuels.

Colorado [US], March 21 (ANI): Scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new tool that could lead to more efficient and cheaper technologies for capturing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere and converting them into beneficial substances, like fuel or building materials.

Bern [Switzerland], March 19 (ANI): Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world despite efforts to reduce the risks, a recent study has found.

Copenhagen [Denmark], March 17 (ANI): New research led by the University of Copenhagen, Antarctica and Greenland has revealed gigantic volcanic eruptions during the last ice age. Sixty-nine of these were larger than any eruption in modern history.

New Delhi Feb 28 PTI Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday said the latest IPCC report reaffirms Indias call for equity and climate justice while reiterating that developed nations must provide finance for adaptation loss and damage The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes IPCC latest report Climate Change 2022 Impacts Adaptation and Vulnerability has warned of catastrophic consequences for India and other parts of the world if emissions are not cut India welcomes the release of the Working Group II contribution to the 6th Assessment Report of the IPCCCH on Impacts Adaptation and Vulnerability The report reaffirms Indias call for equity climate justice and curbing unsustainable consumption The report is a call for action on adaptation building resilience and reducing risks and vulnerability to impacts of climate change Yadav tweeted The minister said India is walking the path of climate resilient development and has shown resolve to take a sustainable growth trajectory Developed countries must take the lead in urgent mitigation and providing finance for adaptation loss and damage Loss and damage due to limits to adaptation are underway and will rise with further warming India is walking the path of climate resilient development under PM Shri narendramodi Ji and has shown clear resolve to move ahead along a sustainable resource-efficient growth path he tweeted PTI AG SMN SMN

New Delhi Feb 28 PTI Extreme climatic conditions are threatening the food security in South Asia with escalated floods and droughts making India and Pakistan the most vulnerable to climate change cautioned the latest IPCC report released on MondayThe second installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC Working Group IIs report titled Climate Change 2022 Impacts Adaptation and Vulnerability said climate-related risks to agriculture and food systems in Asia will progressively intensify with the changing climate with differentiated impacts across the regionDifferential human vulnerability to environmental hazards results from a range of social economic historical and political factors all of which operate at multiple scales Climate change is expected to have serious impacts for people living within these hotspot areas as observed from loss of food crop yields to disasters such as floods fluctuations in seasonal water availability or other systemic effectsFor instance in South Asia extreme climatic conditions are threatening food security thus agro-based economies like India and Pakistan are the most vulnerable to climate change in this regard the report saidIt warned that the major projected impacts of climate change in the agriculture and food sector include a decline in fisheries aquaculture and crop production particularly in South and Southeast Asia a reduction in livestock production in Mongolia and changes in crop farming systems and crop areas in almost all regions with negative implications to food securityIn India rice production can decrease from 10 per cent to 30 per cent whereas maize production can decrease from 25 per cent to 70 per cent assuming a range of temperature increase from 1 degree to 4 degrees Celsius the report saidIt said international food supplies are also under threat and the risks of widespread crop failure due to extreme events hitting multiple places globally will increase if emissions are not rapidly cutFor example for maize the probability of losing 10 per cent or more of the crop in several places in the world in one year increases from close to zero per cent under the current climate to 86 per cent if emissions continue to rise -- but it can be limited to just seven per cent if emissions are cut rapidlyThreats to food supplies and water availability due to continued climate change may increase the risk of social unrest and armed conflict particularly in poorer countries although other factors are also important it saidThe report said temperatures enhance not only ozone production but also the ozone uptake by plants exacerbating yield and quality damage PTI AG RC